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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #46835 Newspaperss

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Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? Just when an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to the news. Newspapers have one basic purpose, to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to know it. Radio, telegraph, television, and other inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. However, this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are printed and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into so many other fields. Besides keeping readers of the latest news, today's newspapers educate and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices through advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very existence. Newspapers are sold at a price that fails to cover even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main source of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The success in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers. This is in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends much on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment offered in a newspapers pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspapers value to readers as a source of information about the community, city, country, state, nation, and world-and even outer space.

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Correct answer: to give
Explanation: 'To give' is the correct infinitive form that fits grammatically and contextually in this sentence, indicating the purpose of newspapers being on the streets at the time of an event.
Meaning: 'To give' means to provide or supply something, in this case, the details of an event.
Wrong options:
be giving: 'Be giving' is a continuous form that does not fit the structure of the sentence, which requires an infinitive to express purpose.
have given: 'Have given' is a perfect tense that implies a completed action, which does not align with the ongoing nature of newspapers reporting details at the time of an event.
given: 'Given' is a past participle that does not function correctly in this context, as the sentence requires an infinitive to indicate the action of providing details.
Correct answer: gather
Explanation: 'Gather' is the correct verb that fits the context of reporters collecting news, aligning with the grammatical structure of the sentence.
Meaning: 'Gather' means to collect or assemble information, which is what reporters do when they are on the spot.
Wrong options:
read: 'Read' implies consuming information rather than collecting it, making it contextually inappropriate for the action described.
subscribe: 'Subscribe' refers to signing up for something, which does not relate to the act of collecting news on-site.
invent: 'Invent' means to create something new, which does not fit the context of reporters gathering existing news.
Correct answer: speed
Explanation: 'Speed' is the correct noun that fits the context of improving the efficiency of newspaper operations, as it refers to the quickness of their processes.
Meaning: 'Speed' refers to the rate at which something happens, in this case, how quickly newspapers can deliver news.
Wrong options:
column: 'Column' refers to a section of a newspaper and does not relate to the efficiency of operations.
rating: 'Rating' implies a score or evaluation, which is not relevant to the context of improving operational efficiency.
volume: 'Volume' refers to the amount or quantity, which does not directly relate to the speed of newspaper operations.
Correct answer: informed
Explanation: 'Informed' is the correct adjective that fits the context of keeping readers updated about the latest news, aligning with the grammatical structure of the sentence.
Meaning: 'Informed' means having or showing knowledge of a particular subject or situation, which is what newspapers aim to do for their readers.
Wrong options:
besieged: 'Besieged' means to be surrounded or overwhelmed, which does not fit the context of providing news.
fed: 'Fed' implies providing food or information in a way that suggests a passive reception, which does not accurately describe the active role of newspapers in informing readers.
confirmed: 'Confirmed' means to verify or validate something, which does not align with the role of newspapers in keeping readers updated.
Correct answer: measured
Explanation: 'Measured' is the correct past participle that fits the context of determining a newspaper's value based on circulation, aligning with the grammatical structure of the sentence.
Meaning: 'Measured' means assessed or evaluated, indicating how the value of a newspaper is determined through its circulation figures.
Wrong options:
envisioned: 'Envisioned' means to imagine or visualize, which does not relate to the assessment of a newspaper's value.
entailed: 'Entailed' means to involve or require as a necessary part, which does not fit the context of measuring value.
engaged: 'Engaged' means to participate or involve oneself, which does not accurately describe the process of assessing a newspaper's value.

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